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He followed a trail of breadcrumbs
Answer for the clue "He followed a trail of breadcrumbs ", 6 letters:
hansel
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handsel \Hand"sel\ (h[a^]nd"s[e^]l), n. [Written also hansel .] [OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell , Sale . ] A sale, ...
Usage examples of hansel.
Words and music come from the mouth of Gretel when she releases Hansel from the spell in the third act, and from that of Hansel when he performs the same office for the gingerbread children.
Or take the famous trail of breadcrumbs Hansel leaves behind, so he and his sister can find their way back.
I was doing the Hansel and Gretel thing, looking for a bread crumb that would start me on a trail.
Everything was gone but the cellars where 135,000 Hansels and Gretels had been baked like gingerbread men.